The Hindu Vocabulary For All Competitive Exams | 03-04-2020

1. QUAINT (ADJECTIVE): (सुरम्य): charming

Synonyms: picturesque, attractive

Antonyms: modern, ugly

Example Sentence:He lived more than seven hundred years ago in a quaint little town of Italy

2. UNDERLIE (VERB): (बुनियाद रखना): fundamental

Synonyms: basic, basal

Antonyms: subordinate

Example Sentence:The fundamental issue which underlies the conflict.


3. SOBER (ADJECTIVE): (सौम्य): sensible

Synonyms: serious, solemn

Antonyms: light-hearted, frivolous

Example Sentence:

His eyes were twinkling, but he maintained a sober expression.


4. FRAGMENT (NOUN): (खंड): piece

Synonyms: bit, particle

Antonyms: whole

Example Sentence:
Australia is essentially the fragment of a great plateau land of Archean rocks.


5. DIVISIVE (ADJECTIVE): (बांटनेवाला): isolating

Synonyms: alienating, estranging

Antonyms: unifying

Example Sentence:

The highly divisive issue of abortion.


6. MALADY (NOUN): (रोग): illness

Synonyms: sickness, disorder

Antonyms: health

Example Sentence:

He suffered from an incurable malady

7. CYNICAL (ADJECTIVE): (अविश्वासी): distrustful

Synonyms: suspicious, doubtful

Antonyms: optimistic, credulous

Example Sentence:Most residents are cynical about efforts to clean mobsters out of their city.


8. HARMONY (NOUN): (सामंजस्य): agreement

Synonyms: concord accord

Antonyms: disagreement

Example Sentence:

Man and machine in perfect harmony.


9. INEVITABLE (ADJECTIVE): (अपरिहार्य): unavoidable

Synonyms: inescapable, unpreventable

Antonyms: avoidable, uncertain

Example Sentence:

There will be inevitable consequences, which mold the future.


10. FRAY (NOUN): (दंगा): batttle

Synonyms: conflict, fifght

Antonyms: peace

Example Sentence:

He charged into the thick of the fray and went down fighting.

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